Matthew 20:26–28

20:26 It must not be this way among you! Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant, 20:27 and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave38—20:28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom39 for many.”

38	tn See the note on the word “slave” in 8:9.
39	sn The Greek word for ransom (λύτρον, lutron) is found here and in Mark 10:45 and refers to the payment of a price in order to purchase the freedom of a slave. The idea of Jesus as the “ransom” is that he paid the price with his own life by standing in our place as a substitute, enduring the judgment that we deserved for sin.